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Expired Submissions — Process

A maintenance view for process or audit drafts that missed their period cut-off or were deleted by a user mistakenly. Use it to restore an employee’s work back to their Old Drafts or delete it permanently.

How to reach

  1. Reports → Process → Expired Submissions (tab).
  1. Pick a process from the list to open its expired drafts grid.

    When items appear here (rules)

    • Cut-off enforced (If Config of Responses after end timeis set to Rejected)
      • Drafts that were saved but not submitted before the end time move here automatically.
    • Late responses allowed (If Config of Responses after end timeis set to Accepted)
      • Nothing lands here due to allowed submissions even in cut-off period. Those drafts stay available to users under Old Drafts on their process page.
    • User deleted their own draft
    Where this is set: The “Accept/Reject after end-time” toggle lives in Process/ Audit Properties → Responses After End-Time.

    Page layout (per process)

    • Columns you’ll use
      • Submission Id / Submission By / Store / Submission Date
      • Progress – % completion of the draft at the moment it expired/was deleted.
      • Creation Date / Expiry Date
      • Discarded By
        • - → system moved it here because the period expired.
        • User name → the submitter deleted their draft.
      • Restore | Delete

      Actions

      • Restore
        • Sends the draft back to the submitter’s Old Drafts (not Current Draft) for that process/period.
      • Delete
        • Permanently removes the draft.
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          Tip: Sort or scan by Progress (column) to quickly spot high-effort drafts (e.g., 80–90%) you may want to restore.

      Notes & edge cases

      • Only unsubmitted work shows here; submitted checklists never appear.
      • Restoring does not reopen the period; it merely returns the draft to the user’s Old Drafts list.
      • Use Discarded By to diagnose why a draft expired:
        • - → cut-off time passed.
        • Name → user removed it by mistake (or intentionally).